Litigation Consulting Service is not a real debt collection company. Rather, it's a scam operation looking to extort money from its victims using false and illegal threats of arrest, etc. In other words, this is a bunch of con men trying to trick you into giving them access to your money (just like the infamous Nigerian email spammers.) They are NOT a legitimate debt collection company. Don't tell them anything about yourself, don't give them any money and don't bother arguing with what they tell you. Just ignore their calls and report them to the authorities.
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Interestingly, 240-483-4254 phone number is listed on SuperPages.com as the fax number for a limousine service in Frederick, Maryland. (Before viewing this information, keep in mind that spoofing software allows a caller to manipulate Caller ID information and disguise the origin of the call.) Here's the Super Pages listing:
http://yellowpages.superpages.com/profile~SRC ... 3D%3D~lbp_1.htm
Ritz Executive Sedan
phone: (301) 685-3210
fax: (240) 483-4254
(866) 861-9069
email: 123RITZGMAIL.COM
http://www.123RITZ.com (Note that the website for Ritz Executive Sedan lists a different fax number.)
On YellowPages.com, there's a street address listed and the same 240-483-4254 is listed as an "extra fax":
http://www.yellowpages.com/info-LMS67434678/Ritz-Executive-Sedan
Ritz Executive Sedan
6100 Cool Spring Ter S
Frederick, MD 21701 Map
(301) 685-3210
Additional Phone Numbers
Extra Toll Free (866) 861-9069
Extra Fax (240) 483-4254
Again, it's important to point out that this doesn't mean that Ritz Executive Sedan is responsible for these calls or that the call actually originated from Ritz Executive. Caller ID spoofing technology allows unscrupulous callers to use false information. All that I'm pointing out is that the "Litigation Consulting Service" scam has represented itself as calling from 240-483-4254 multiple times and that that number is listed as a fax at Ritz Executive Sedan.
If you receive calls from these scammers, be sure to do the following:
1) Give them nothing. And tell them nothing other than to "cease all communication" with you.
2) Report the calls online to the Federal Trade Commission here: https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
3) File a complaint with the Maryland attorney general at http://www.oag.state.md.us/Consumer/complaint.htm
4) File a complaint with your state's attorney general. The contact information for each state's attorney general is listed at www.naag.org Just scroll down to the national map and click on your state.
5) Since these crooks are using a telephone phone to make illegal threats, report them online to the FBI at https://tips.fbi.gov
To whom it may concern.
On 2-16-08, I received a phone message from this number, 240-483-4254. The person I talked to said I was being summoned to court, for outstanding debt to a phone company called Visiontel, which I do not have any affiliations with. I was told to be prepared to go to court. I was also given back to me all my previous addresses, and my own SS#.
It's a scam. See my message above for information on reporting these crooks to the authorities. Also, check your credit report and make sure there's no fraudlent activity listed. You may also want to put a fraud alert service on your credit report, such as LifeLock, etc.